इस्फ़हान

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • अस्फ़हान (asfahān)
  • इस्फहान (isphahān) — nuqtaless
  • इसफ़हान (isfahān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), ultimately from Old Persian *spādānaʰ (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɪs.fə.ɦɑːn/, [ɪs.fɐ.ɦä̃ːn], /ɪs.pʰə.ɦɑːn/, [ɪs.pʰɐ.ɦä̃ːn], /əs.fə.ɦɑːn/, [ɐs.fɐ.ɦä̃ːn], /əs.pʰə.ɦɑːn/, [ɐs.pʰɐ.ɦä̃ːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

इस्फ़हान • (isfahān) m (Urdu spelling اصفہان)

  1. Isfahan (a city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736)
  2. Isfahan (a province of Iran)
  3. a male given name from Persian

Further reading

  • “इस्फ़हान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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